Dr. Nuradeen Abdullahi, Kano/Jigawa Territorial Coordinator, NiMET, made the call at a Disaster Risk Management Stakeholders
Browsing: Rainy Season
The rains are here and even the blind can see that they are falling in torrents.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has advised motorists to replace worn-out tyres and wipers in order to prevent avoidable crashes during the rainy season.
Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Monday that contractors had moved to sites since November 2020 and were still evacuating highway drains to tackle flooding in the city.
This was contained in a statement by the FRSC’s Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem.
The Director-General of NiMet, Prof. Sani Mashi, said this in a statement signed by NiMet’s General Manager, Public Relations, Muntari Ibrahim, on Tuesday in Abuja.
While assuring the general public of the heavy deployment of environmental sanitation officers and emergency rescue teams, especially in flood-prone areas of the State, the government urges residents to stay indoors, either at home or in their places of work, whenever there is heavy downpour, except when the need to commute becomes necessary.